Though he was a little disappointed, he was satisfied. At least Hua Hua had given him a glimpse of the beauty of the human world.
To him, that was already an incredibly fortunate thing...
He kept sleeping, waking, sleeping, waking, imagining that he had become Hua Hua's classmate, playing and attending class with her at school, following her around as she did all sorts of interesting things.
The outside world was incomparably beautiful. During the day, he could feel the warm sunlight; at night, he could see a sky full of stars. Hua Hua had said that stars were difficult to see now, but in his dreams, everything was still there.
He looked forward to Hua Hua coming again, but she never returned. After waiting for a long time, he could only fall into deep sleep once more, drifting through that fabricated world.
In his imagination, that world became more and more beautiful. Hua Hua was always by his side, accompanying him and saying, "Hello."
"Hello."
"Hello."
The two smiled at each other. As long as they heard the other's "hello," it was the happiest thing in the world.
But a dream was still only a dream. Once he woke up, there was nothing but darkness again.
No sunlight, no stars, no Hua Hua, and no "hello."
After an unknown amount of time, he was removed from the Culture Dish and thrown into a white universe. It was far more spacious than the Culture Dish, and far lonelier.
He understood that they were preparing to use him to bear the cost.
That was also the mission for which he had been cultivated.
Unlike the other "companions," he had seen the beauty of the human world. That was enough. He was already deeply satisfied; at least he had once possessed such